{"id":16891,"date":"2025-07-17T17:27:14","date_gmt":"2025-07-17T17:27:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/16891\/"},"modified":"2025-07-17T17:27:14","modified_gmt":"2025-07-17T17:27:14","slug":"marvella-foundations-sports-mobile-rolls-out-in-indy-indianapolis-news-indiana-weather-indiana-traffic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/16891\/","title":{"rendered":"Marvella Foundation&#8217;s sports mobile rolls out in Indy &#8211; Indianapolis News | Indiana Weather | Indiana Traffic"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) \u2014 Starting on Thursday and throughout the WNBA All-Star weekend, a traveling sports mobile will be in Indianapolis helping to inspire the next generation of girls in sports.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/marvellasports\/p\/DMGdFAcvWEJ\/?img_index=1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Marvella Mobile\u00a0<\/a>is a traveling sports and leadership lab designed to inspire and equip the next generation of girls through sports, wellness, and storytelling. <\/p>\n<p>Over the next four days, organizers say the vehicle will foster meaningful community activations and blend athletic play, mental health awareness, and conversations around health equity.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marvellafoundation.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Marvella Foundation<\/a> runs the sports mobile and says the foundation provides \u201cinclusive access and\u00a0opportunity for all to be inspired through participation in a\u00a0full mind, body, and soul experience.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Where in the world will the van be today?<br \/>\nThursday<\/p>\n<p>The Marvella Mobile rolls into Indianapolis on Thursday at the Children\u2019s Museum of Indianapolis and will be part of\u00a0Tamika Catchings\u2019 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.catchthestars.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Catch the Stars Foundation<\/a> youth basketball clinic. <\/p>\n<p>The event will also include a multi-sport clinic at the Riley Children\u2019s Health Sports Legends Experience, and will\u00a0incorporate\u00a0physical literacy and mental health tips. It runs from 1 p.m. \u2013 4 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>Instagram will load in the frontend.<\/p>\n<p>==<\/p>\n<p>Friday<\/p>\n<p>The Marvella Mobile will be downtown from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. on the\u00a0north curb of Maryland Street, just east of Westin Lane.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>This is close to many other\u00a0WNBA All-Star\u00a0festivities. <\/p>\n<p>Organizers say along with the vehicle, there will be two pop-a-shot stations, VR sports experiences, and access to mental health, wellness, and leadership programming.<\/p>\n<p>Saturday<\/p>\n<p>Ahead of the All-Star game on Saturday, the vehicle will be on North Street adjacent to\u00a0the American Legion Mall from 7:30 a.m. to 9 a.m.. Then it will drive back and park at the north curb of Maryland Street from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Organizers say around 2,500 kids are expected to be at the All-Star\u00a0Bounce, a half-mile non-competitive dribble route from the American Legion Mall to\u00a0Monument Circle. <\/p>\n<p>Crowds are also expected at the WNBA\u00a0Live fan festival at the Indiana Convention Center. The Marvella Mobile\u00a0will be nearby to help the kids and families create \u201cMarvella\u00a0Moments\u201d on\u00a0video and take home branded swag.<\/p>\n<p>Sunday<\/p>\n<p>The sports mobile will be at Newfields from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. during the museum\u2019s Back to\u00a0School Celebration. Children in\u00a0need of backpacks for the upcoming school year will visit booths of a variety of community organizations, earn a stamp, and get a backpack filled with school supplies.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Catch the Stars Foundation will be set up at Newfields alongside the Marvella Mobile. <\/p>\n<p>More on the Marvella Foundation<\/p>\n<p>According to its website, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marvellafoundation.org\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Marvella Foundation<\/a> is based in Indiana enriches communities \u201cby inspiring youth athletes to lead healthy and successful lives with confidence and strength of character through research, education, storytelling and engagement with history. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Foundation will serve the local community as well as visiting athletes, their families, coaches, officials, and others supporting youth sports.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"823\" height=\"511\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/marvella-mobile-image.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1427490\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                    <script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) \u2014 Starting on Thursday and throughout the WNBA All-Star weekend, a traveling sports mobile will be&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":16892,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[73],"tags":[99,434],"class_list":["post-16891","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wnba","tag-sports","tag-wnba"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16891","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16891"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16891\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16892"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16891"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16891"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16891"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}